The Curragh Golf Club was founded in 1883 making it the oldest club in Southern Ireland and there is a strong argument that golf was first played in Ireland on the plains of the Curragh. Located a couple of miles from the Curragh Race Course home of the Irish Darby many would consider The Curragh as a hilly course it has several memorable and challenging holes that will bring out the best in your game.

The feature hole is the 9th at 407 metres off the blue stakes requiring a precision tee shot to have any chance of getting home in two. The Curragh has a superb finishing hole where the fairway winds its way around mature trees to your right-hand side that seem to act as a magnet. There are magnificent views of the surrounding countryside and the newly constructed clubhouse provides for the golfers every need. Voted the No. 90-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008.

Instituted 1883, affiliated 1898. David Ritchie’s obituary in the Kildare Observer, 17th September, 1910, reads "He claimed and we believe rightly so, to be the oldest golfer in Ireland, as he had ample proof of playing with the late Mr. Alexander Love on links he organised at Donnelly’s Hollow, Curragh in the early fifties of the last century". Thus, the Curragh is the first place golf was played in Ireland.A Lieutenant A. G. Balfour was one of the guiding lights behind the founding of the Curragh, which had a special relationship with the Royal & Ancient. It also received a Royal charter from King George V in 1910. It was very much the militaries club, and only opened its membership to local civilians in the late 1890s and this was restricted to the local gentry. Ladies however were catered for on their own nine-hole course, the first of its kind as early as 1890.The last British contingent left the Curragh on 16th May 1922 and took everything with them including the Royal Charter. The first Captain of the Club after the handover was Mr. P. O’Shaughnessy, manager of the Hibernian Bank, Newbridge.

Members Achievements

2005 Lady Captain Anne Griffin and her Captain's Prize winner Sinead Keane qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Waterford pair of Joan Lowe and Sandra Barrett.

Maura Morrin was selected on the Irish Ladies team for the Home Internationals, where they retained the trophy and recorded their 7th victory, played at Royal Porthcawl from 8th to 10th September 2004.

Sinead Keane and Maura Morrin were selected on the Leinster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's. Played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004.

Paul O'Hanlon was selected on the Leinster team for the Interprovincial Matches played at Portmarnock Golf Club from 11th to 13th August 2004. Paul was selected on the Irish Boys Team that played Canada in a Junior Challenge match at Hamilton Golf and Country Club from 7th to 9th September 2004.

Curragh Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Fred Daly Trophy and were, drawn against Clandeboye Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Roscrea Golf Club on August 20th 2002. The team was Paul O'Hanlon, P. J. Kavanagh, Conor Ryan, Keith Houlihan and Richard Finn.

Sinead Keane and Maura Morrin were selected on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club in August 7-9 2002.

Paul O'Hanlon was selected on the Leinster Boys' team for the Interprovincial Championships at Headfort Golf Club from August 28-30 2002.

Curragh won the Leinster Final of the Bulmers Junior Cup at Dundalk Golf Club in 2001. They went on to play Munster Champions Harbour Point in the All-Ireland Semi-Final at Newlands Golf Club on 20th September. They won their matches by 3 matches to 2 matches. The squad was, Declan Kenny, David Joyce, Brian Carney, Patrick Jorden, Duggie Houlihan, Martin Ryan, Brian Fetherston, Paul O'Hanlon, Noel Henzy and Stephen Byrne. They came up against Ballyclare the Ulster Champions in the All-Ireland Final and were narrowly beaten by 3 matches to 2 matches on the 21st September.

The Curragh won the Midland Districk Final of the Ladies' Senior Cup when they beat Carlow on the final hole at Carlow Golf Club in May 2001. They went on to beat Enniscrone in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals and were drawn against Royal Co. Down at Douglas Golf Club on 7th-8th of September 2001. The team was Lillian Behan, Sinead Keane, Maura Morrin, Marian Byrne and Mary McNally. They lost by 3 matches to 2 matches.

Sinead Keane was selected on the Irish team for the European Team Championship at Campo de Meis, Spain from the 10th to the 14th of July 2001. She was also on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial’s at the Island Golf Club on the 8th to the 10th August 2001.

M. Byrne qualified for the National Finals of the Irish Times-Mitsubishi Motors Women's Masters. She returned 31 points in the semi-final at Glasson Golf Hotel & Country Club on 23rd of August 2001. Then it was on to Galway Bay Golf & Country Club for the Final on 13th September.

They won the Duggan Cup in 1990, when the team was, John Daly, Bill Cunningham, Ray Swan, Mick O'Shea, John Young, Eric Wallace, Brendan Walshe, Hugh O'Connor, Steve Schwor and Brendan Glass, they were managed by Denis Curtin.

C. Madigan was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI and as Central Council Delegate for 2001.

Anne Keane, the mother of the Munster Champion made a wonderful comeback to golf having been out due to illness, when she had two wins in a row, in May 2000. She won the Lady President's Prize with a score of (15) 65 net. She lost two shots for that, nevertheless, a few days later, she went out and shot an "incredible 63" off her new handicap, to win the Millennium Strokes by seven shots.

Lillian Behan won the Irish Close Championship and the Statoil Scratch Cup at Hermitage in 1999. She played in the Ladies Home International matches in 1984, 1985 and 1986 and again at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club in 1998, after her return from the professional ranks. She played Curtis Cup in 1986, and played for the Irish Girls in 1982.

Sinead Keane was the reserve on the Ladies Home Internationals at Lahinch in 1997.